Agrin fragments differentially induce ectopic aggregation of acetylcholine receptors in myotomal muscles of Xenopus embryos

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 436-445

  Godfrey, Earl W ^a,c   Roe, Jeremy ^a   David Heathcote, R ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptors; Agrin; Neuromuscular junction; Synaptogenesis; Xenopus embryo

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; DYSTROGLYCAN; PROTEOHEPARAN SULFATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RAT; XENOPUS;

EID: 0034666567     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4695(20000915)44:4<436::aid-neu6>3.0.co;2-4     Document Type: Article

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